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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Gymnocladus dioicus (L.) K.Koch

Leguminosae

MC ME North America (Canada: Ontario; USA: North Dakota to Maine, Texas to Georgia)

MC ME

hel [sci] hyg->mes neut

fd(ob) (roasted seeds were used as a coffee substitute) pl (ornamental) ti (fence posts, furniture, poles and construction materials, railroad ties) tx (foliage is toxic for sheep, it must be broiled because seed and inside pulp of the sheel is toxic, seeds and fruits pulp are toxic for cattle, toxic for humans)

Guilandia dioica L. Gymnocladus canadensis Lam.

Kentucky coffeetree; American coffee bean, American mahogany, coffeebean, coffeenut, coffee-tree, coffeetree, dead tree, Kentucky coffee tree; Kentucky coffee-tree (Canada, USA); stump tree (Canada)

chicot du Canada; arbre à café, arbre à café du Kentucky, bonduc, café du Kentucky, caféier du Kentucky; chicot (Canada); chicot dioïque (France); chicot févier, dioïque, gros févier (Canada); gymnocladia; gymnocladier dioïque (Canada)

Amerikanischer Geweihbaum (german); chicot'del Canada (italian); gymnoclado (italian); Kanadischer Schusserbaum (german)

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Latin name	Gymnocladus dioicus (L.) K.Koch
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	MC ME North America (Canada: Ontario; USA: North Dakota to Maine, Texas to Georgia)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel [sci] hyg->mes neut
Use	fd(ob) (roasted seeds were used as a coffee substitute) pl (ornamental) ti (fence posts, furniture, poles and construction materials, railroad ties) tx (foliage is toxic for sheep, it must be broiled because seed and inside pulp of the sheel is toxic, seeds and fruits pulp are toxic for cattle, toxic for humans)
Synonym	Guilandia dioica L. Gymnocladus canadensis Lam.
English name	Kentucky coffeetree; American coffee bean, American mahogany, coffeebean, coffeenut, coffee-tree, coffeetree, dead tree, Kentucky coffee tree; Kentucky coffee-tree (Canada, USA); stump tree (Canada)
French name	chicot du Canada; arbre à café, arbre à café du Kentucky, bonduc, café du Kentucky, caféier du Kentucky; chicot (Canada); chicot dioïque (France); chicot févier, dioïque, gros févier (Canada); gymnocladia; gymnocladier dioïque (Canada)
Spanish name
Other name	Amerikanischer Geweihbaum (german); chicot'del Canada (italian); gymnoclado (italian); Kanadischer Schusserbaum (german)
Trade name